I am in Konoha, but I am invincible to my younger brother Itachi!

However, being noisy, Naruto, who had gone on missions and studied with Jiraiya for a period of time, had made great progress and had not completely ignored Gaara's existence.

What's more, Sakura is still in Gaara's hands.

"Tsk, you were beaten so badly."

Sawa squatted on the tallest tree a few hundred meters away, watching with interest Sakura who was pinned to the tree by Gaara, and Naruto who was beaten by Gaara in ragged clothes.

"This should be considered the second time that the protagonist group has encountered such a disastrous defeat, right? One of them was injured and couldn't move, and the other fainted. In the end, if the Kyuubi chakra hadn't helped summon Gamabunta, the protagonist group would have been destroyed by me. Gaara has it in hand."

In fact, Sawa had already reached his current position when Sasuke's cursed seal broke out. He didn't have to accommodate Sakura and Naruto's forward speed. He easily caught up with Naruto and the others when they were about to support Sasuke.

It's just that Sasuke didn't come out directly to meet Naruto and the others, but kept a distance and watched Naruto and the others fight from a distance. After all, only by fighting more and experiencing hardships can Naruto and Sasuke grow quickly.

And Naruto and Sasuke may subconsciously rely on Sawa when Sawa is present, instead of fighting Gaara with all his strength.

Although Gaara's tailed beast state is strong, with Sawa's strength, if Gaara attacks with all his strength, Gaara will have no chance to resist. Only when he enters the complete state will Sawa feel really troublesome.

Not to mention anything else, just because of the size difference, the huge tailed beast stomps its feet with great power comparable to advanced ninjutsu.

Not to mention Shukaku is a weirdo among tailed beasts, he is good at wind escape, and the ninjutsu released by the tailed beasts can at least reach A-level power even if it is a low-level C-level ninjutsu.

After this battle, the protagonist group has basically never encountered this level of difficulty.

But that's right. Originally, one of them ran away with Orochimaru, and the other ran away with Jiraiya, and Sakura inexplicably became Tsunade's disciple. As a result, the whole team couldn't gather together, and there was no one left. Dilemma?

And when they came together again, things had changed, and several of them had become strong men who could stand alone.

……

Naruto looked at his hands, a little unwilling to accept it. He had spent so much effort practicing psychic skills during that period, and had successfully summoned Gamabunta in the end. But now at the critical moment, he could only summon Gamaji!

"There is no choice but to go up. I have to save everyone."

"Save everyone? Stop laughing! Only by fighting for yourself can you become strong!"

As he spoke, Gaara changed again. Countless yellow sand spread and was completely covered from head to body, leaving only his legs that were not completely covered.

From a distance, apart from the bunch of red hair on his head and the word "love" on his forehead, there are almost no features of Gaara left!

Gaara withdrew his hand, but the yellow sand on Sakura's body did not dissipate, and still fixed Sakura firmly to the tree.

"If you don't defeat me, the sand on this woman's body will not dissipate! Not only that! As time goes by, it will shrink tighter and tighter, and sooner or later it will kill this woman!"

Gaara, who had lost his human form, showed a ferocious smile.

"Why don't you attack her? Do you want this woman to die in front of you?"

"you!"

"Forget it, I'll go first! Sand Shuriken!"

Gaara, who was getting closer and closer to Shukaku's complete form, his patience gradually decreased, and without waiting for Naruto to give a reply, he directly attacked first.

Seeing the balls of sand shooting towards him, Naruto did not dare to be careless at all. He picked up Tomoji on the ground and jumped back and forth in the forest to avoid Gaara's attack.

"what's this?"

Gamakichi, who was hugged by Naruto and jumped up to avoid Gaara's attack, then noticed the inhuman monster not far away.

"enemy."

Although he said so, Naruto did not have the murderous intention to kill Gaara.

Gaara's eyes were too familiar to Naruto. Before he met Sawa and the others, he often showed this kind of eyes. This was the kind of eyes that people would have if they were hated by everyone and had no relatives or friends they could trust.

"Without them, I would have become just like him, right?"

Naruto murmured thoughtfully.

"What did you say?"

Gamaji, who had been placed on a branch by Naruto, didn't hear Naruto's words clearly and asked Naruto.

Naruto shook his head slightly and took a deep breath.

"It's nothing."